Mario has been doing awesome he now weighs 16lbs 5oz. He has therapy every two weeks, and he has been progressing very well. He finally said his first word which was DADA, Brian was thrilled, he has been talking up a storm. We almost have him sitting on his own, I think he will walk before he crawls. He has four teeth, two on top and two on the bottom.. He has been sick for about ten days now with a cough and runny nose so we have been going back and forth to the doctor. We are so lucky we couldn't have asked for such a great boy, even when he was teething we didn't know he never complained and when he is sick he is still happy!
Well, what can I say my little girls are getting older. Today we celebrated there fourth birthday, we had it at the bowling alley which was really fun. They invited some friends from school, Uncle John and Auntie Lorie were there and the Malay family and Nana got to celebrate with them. Everyone had a good time, they bowled played arcade games had pizza then birthday cake. Its funny a little boy in there pre-school(he is the teachers son) told her that he loves Stevee, and that when he gets older she needs to tell him were the ring store is, so he can buy her a ring. Her teacher says they sit by each other at snack time and play together.
Dante joined our local Boy Scout troop and is loving every minute of it. I didn't realize how many boys his aged lived around us. Yesterday he got his citizenship badge. I volunteer when I can, last week they went bowling to get there bowling badge it was so much fun all the boys are so nice.
The kids had a ball this Halloween, Dante and Journee had a party and parade at there school. The twins had there first pre-school halloween party they also had a parade. On Halloween we went to Uncle John and Aunt Lories house to go trick or treating. Our little Mario was a pumpkin.
Today is bittersweet but yet filled with so much joy. We get to celebrate Mario's first birthday. We went to the cemetery to wish Carla and Sebastian a happy birthday, we all had one pink and one blue balloon, the kids wanted to sing happy birthday and then we released them.
Dante and Journee leaving for school!! Journee loves kindergarten, she has made a lot of new friends. Dante is learning a bunch of new things in the fourth grade. He started Boy Scouts, which he loves..
I can't believe our babies will be gone a year all ready on Monday. Mario will be one our little boy is something else, he is the happiest and best baby ever. It has been hard these last couple of months knowing there birthday was around the corner. On Saturday the 10th we are going on a walk with the group from Utah Share, The Walk to Remember is held in memory of all babies who are gone too soon. We walk in memory of the steps they will never take. On the 15th its remembrance day, if you could light a candle at 7:00 pm. They say that is the time everyone around the world does this
We finally got the tombstone (thank you Dad and Vicky) its beautiful, here are some pictures!
I can't believe today was Journee's first day of Kindergarten. I tell you time flies, we didn't know what to do with ourselves she is gone all day from 0830-1515... The twins really missed her!!! The girls start pre-school tomorrow.
Grandpa and Journee at her back to school night!!!
Grandma and Mario he seemed to feel so comfortable he was always able to fall asleep on grandma (which was a good thing)!!
Grandpa and Grandma came back for another visit. The kids loved having them here, I know they didn't get much rest, the kids keep them busy. Dante learned some new things about clouds and the weather from Grandma (she used to be a weather lady). Grandpa had fun playing in the sprinklers with the kids. They got to go to Dante and Journees back to school night, which was nice for them to see. We all went boating and had a blast... WE MISS THEM, I know that a good time was had by all.. Can't wait for them to come back again:)
The river we went tubing down! This was right next to our campsite
We went camping to Lava Springs in Idaho, we had such a blast. We took the kids tubing down the river they had so much fun, the only one who didn't go was Skye she stayed back at the trailer with Nana and Mario. We went out to the hot springs at night when it would get cooler they were awesome they ranged from 105 degrees to 112 degrees.
Dante was chosen from all the 3rd graders at Northpark Elementary to represent them at the Weber County Math and Science Olympiad. I must say he did very well... I am so proud of him!!!
Today was a special day for our Journee, I can't believe my little girl graduated Preschool today, we are so proud of her.... Next school year its off to school with Dante all day long, it will be very quite without her around.
Mario is doing great, he weighs 10lbs and some change ... We had a Occupational Therapist and a Physcial Therapist come to the houst to evaluate Mario to see if he needed any special cares... He didn't qualify they said he did great with all his tests.